Patents by Inventor Jeffrey R. McCallum
Jeffrey R. McCallum has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9729704Abstract: An audio segment recorded by an individual is stored in a computational device controlled by an entity, where the computational device is coupled to a telephony device having a speaker and a microphone that are configurable to be enabled or disabled by the computational device. An electronic communication is initiated to the individual via the telephony device when the speaker and the microphone are both enabled. The stored audio segment is retrieved from an audio recording database that stores a plurality of audio segments of a plurality of individuals and played to the individual to authenticate the entity, in response to the initiating of the electronic communication to the individual.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Daniel T. Bajema, Jeffrey R. McCallum, Thuan Q. Nguyen, Socheat Sou
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Patent number: 9723136Abstract: An audio segment recorded by an individual is stored in a computational device controlled by an entity, where the computational device is coupled to a telephony device having a speaker and a microphone that are configurable to be enabled or disabled by the computational device. An electronic communication is initiated to the individual via the telephony device when the speaker and the microphone are both enabled. The stored audio segment is retrieved from an audio recording database that stores a plurality of audio segments of a plurality of individuals and played to the individual to authenticate the entity, in response to the initiating of the electronic communication to the individual.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Daniel T. Bajema, Jeffrey R. McCallum, Thuan Q. Nguyen, Socheat Sou
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Publication number: 20160150074Abstract: An audio segment recorded by an individual is stored in a computational device controlled by an entity, where the computational device is coupled to a telephony device having a speaker and a microphone that are configurable to be enabled or disabled by the computational device. An electronic communication is initiated to the individual via the telephony device when the speaker and the microphone are both enabled. The stored audio segment is retrieved from an audio recording database that stores a plurality of audio segments of a plurality of individuals and played to the individual to authenticate the entity, in response to the initiating of the electronic communication to the individual.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Daniel T. Bajema, Jeffrey R. McCallum, Thuan Q. Nguyen, Socheat Sou
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Publication number: 20160150075Abstract: An audio segment recorded by an individual is stored in a computational device controlled by an entity, where the computational device is coupled to a telephony device having a speaker and a microphone that are configurable to be enabled or disabled by the computational device. An electronic communication is initiated to the individual via the telephony device when the speaker and the microphone are both enabled. The stored audio segment is retrieved from an audio recording database that stores a plurality of audio segments of a plurality of individuals and played to the individual to authenticate the entity, in response to the initiating of the electronic communication to the individual.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Daniel T. Bajema, Jeffrey R. McCallum, Thuan Q. Nguyen, Socheat Sou
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Patent number: 9291702Abstract: An apparatus for indicating the location of a signal emitting tag. The apparatus includes signal detectors, control logic, and at least one light producing device. The control logic activates the light producing device in response to receiving data from the signal detectors. After activation, the light producing device illuminates the location of an individual that is near the point of origin of a signal that was detected by the signal detectors.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.Inventors: Daniel T. Bajema, Joseph P. Edgar, Jeffrey R. McCallum, Thuan Q. Nguyen, Socheat Sou
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Patent number: 9285458Abstract: An apparatus for indicating the location of a signal emitting tag. The apparatus includes signal detectors, control logic, and at least one light producing device. The control logic activates the light producing device in response to receiving data from the signal detectors. After activation, the light producing device illuminates the location of an individual that is near the point of origin of a signal that was detected by the signal detectors.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.Inventors: Daniel T. Bajema, Joseph P. Edgar, Jeffrey R. McCallum, Thuan Q. Nguyen, Socheat Sou
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Patent number: 9058080Abstract: Detection of degradation of a user input device may allow for notifying a user of an impending failure of the user input device so that the device may be taken out of service or repaired. A method for detecting degradation of a user input device may carry out one or more operations including, but not necessarily limited to: determining that a portion of the user input device is degraded based on two or more received signals of the user input device, the two or more received signals being indicative of one or more user inputs; and providing a user notification indicative of a degradation of the user input device in response to determining that a portion of the user input device is degraded based on two or more received signals of the user input device.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey R. McCallum, Tiberiu M. Hajas, Esperanza Darlene Rodriguez, Harsha D. Gunatilaka
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Publication number: 20150002268Abstract: An apparatus for indicating the location of a signal emitting tag. The apparatus includes signal detectors, control logic, and at least one light producing device. The control logic activates the light producing device in response to receiving data from the signal detectors. After activation, the light producing device illuminates the location of an individual that is near the point of origin of a signal that was detected by the signal detectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Daniel T. Bajema, Joseph P. Edgar, Jeffrey R. McCallum, Thuan Q. Nguyen, Socheat Sou
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Publication number: 20150002269Abstract: An apparatus for indicating the location of a signal emitting tag. The apparatus includes signal detectors, control logic, and at least one light producing device. The control logic activates the light producing device in response to receiving data from the signal detectors. After activation, the light producing device illuminates the location of an individual that is near the point of origin of a signal that was detected by the signal detectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Daniel T. Bajema, Joseph P. Edgar, Jeffrey R. McCallum, Thuan Q. Nguyen, Socheat Sou
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Publication number: 20140347305Abstract: Detection of degradation of a user input device may allow for notifying a user of an impending failure of the user input device so that the device may be taken out of service or repaired. A method for detecting degradation of a user input device may carry out one or more operations including, but not necessarily limited to: determining that a portion of the user input device is degraded based on two or more received signals of the user input device, the two or more received signals being indicative of one or more user inputs; and providing a user notification indicative of a degradation of the user input device in response to determining that a portion of the user input device is degraded based on two or more received signals of the user input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Jeffrey R. McCallum, Tiberiu M. Hajas, Esperanza Darlene Rodriguez, Harsha D. Gunatilaka
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Patent number: 8874977Abstract: Detection of degradation of a touch-based user input device may allow for notifying a user of an impending failure of the touch-sensitive user input device so that the device may be taken out of service or repaired. Systems for detecting degradation of a touch-based user input device may carry out one or more operations including, but not limited to: determining that a signal indicative of a user touch is erroneous; providing a user notification indicative of a degradation of the touch-based user input device in response to determining that a signal indicative of a user touch is erroneous.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey R. McCallum, Tiberiu M. Hajas, Esperanza D. Rodriguez, Harsha Gunatilaka
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Publication number: 20140043270Abstract: Detection of degradation of a touch-based user input device may allow for notifying a user of an impending failure of the touch-sensitive user input device so that the device may be taken out of service or repaired. Systems for detecting degradation of a touch-based user input device may carry out one or more operations including, but not limited to: determining that a signal indicative of a user touch is erroneous; providing a user notification indicative of a degradation of the touch-based user input device in response to determining that a signal indicative of a user touch is erroneous.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey R. McCallum, Tiberiu M. Hajas, Esperanza D. Rodriguez, Harsha Gunatilaka
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Patent number: 8612808Abstract: Detection of degradation of a touch-based user input device may allow for notifying a user of an impending failure of the touch-sensitive user input device so that the device may be taken out of service or repaired. Systems for detecting degradation of a touch-based user input device may carry out one or more operations including, but not limited to: determining that a signal indicative of a user touch is erroneous; providing a user notification indicative of a degradation of the touch-based user input device in response to determining that a signal indicative of a user touch is erroneous.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey R. McCallum, Tiberiu M. Hajas, Esperanza Darlene Rodriguez, Harsha D. Gunatilaka
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Publication number: 20120284573Abstract: Detection of degradation of a touch-based user input device may allow for notifying a user of an impending failure of the touch-sensitive user input device so that the device may be taken out of service or repaired. Systems for detecting degradation of a touch-based user input device may carry out one or more operations including, but not limited to: determining that a signal indicative of a user touch is erroneous; providing a user notification indicative of a degradation of the touch-based user input device in response to determining that a signal indicative of a user touch is erroneous.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey R. McCallum, Tiberiu M. Hajas, Esperanza Darlene Rodriguez, Harsha D. Gunatilaka